The latest out-of-towner to be awarded a Michelin star, Bon Appetit is luring Dublin's gourmets away from the city centre with the promise of culinary...
9 James Terrace
The critics love it, the punters love it and so will you: a meal at Chapter One is easily the most accessible, affordable and enjoyable fine-dining...
18-19 Parnell Square
Now that it's had €10 million spent on it, Clontarf Castle is looking every inch the swanky modern hotel (except, of course, for the elements of the...
Castle AvenueThe long-established Conrad, on a prominent site on the corner of St Stephen's Green, is a firm favourite among the suited, laptop-wielding types who've...
Earlsfort Terrace
Cool enough to stay in the Dylan? You wish. This is the boutique hotel that everyone's talking about: from the oversized lanterns strewn around its entrance...
Eastmoreland Place
A very smart hotel overlooking St Stephen's Green (and with the benefit of an in-house Michelin-starred restaurant, Thornton's), the Fitzwilliam is...
St Stephen's Green West
A key part of Dublin's political and leisure history (it featured in the Easter Rising as a refuge and, later, as a hideout), the Gresham has been taking...
23 Upper O'Connell Street
Classic Irish dishes get a truly gourmet twist at this stalwart of Dublin's fine-dining scene: the oysters in Guinness sabayon are legendary. Located in the...
109A Lower Baggot StreetDie-hard fans (of whom there are many) don't mind Les Frères Jacques' location on this busy, slightly grotty street, nor are they deterred by its cramped...
74 Dame StreetHoused inside four restored, listed Georgian houses, the Merrion doesn't shy away from a little frill here, a delicate striped couch there. No, this place...
Upper Merrion Street
Chef Dylan McGrath's face is now a familiar sight to Dubliners, even those who haven't been lucky enough to visit this excellent fine-dining restaurant. The...
47 Ranelagh Village
With an interior designed by John Rocha and every fancy boutique touch from in-room iPod docks and (in the grander rooms) Macs with wireless keyboards to...
Ormond QuayIt may have made good use of the impressive 1863 façade of Merrion Hall, but most of the rest of the upmarket Davenport was built in the 1990s and, in a...
Merrion Square
Looking every bit as stellar as its two Michelin étoiles would suggest, Guilbaud's is pretty much the top table in town (although you may find it hard to...
The Merrion Hotel
There are those who believe this classy steakhouse to be the finest restaurant in the city (admittedly, they are almost always pinstriped men d'un certain...
119 St Stephen's Green West